SUMMARY OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE OF CHARLES R. GRUNER

Present Addresses:

General:

Born in Pinckneyville, Illinois, November 6, 1931. Married Marsha F. Wiehn (B.S. in Ed., Southern Illinois University, 1961, M.A., University of Nebraska, 1967) in 1958. Son, Mark Harriss, born 1959; daughter, Valerie Jo, born 1961. Honorable discharge from U.S. Air Force; on active duty from August 15, 1952 to July 13, 1954. Eagle Scout, 1946--

Education:

B.S. in Ed., Southern Illinois University, 1955.
Major: English
Minor: Speech

M.S., Southern Illinois University, 1956. Advisor: Dr. Walter H. Murrish
Major: Speech
Minor: None
Thesis: "A Study of Objectivity of High School Debaters as Demonstrated in Self-evaluation Projects"

Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1963. Advisor: Dr. Franklin H. Knower
Major: General Communication
Minors: Psychology (emphasis in Social and Educational Psychology) and Public Address
Dissertation: "An Experimental Study of the Effectiveness of Oral Satire in Modifying Attitude"

Organizational Membership and Activity:

International Society for General Semantics
Speech Communication Association (Formerly Speech Association of America); Member, Legislative Assembly, 1964-66; Undergraduate Speech Instruction Interest Group:Advisory Council Member, 1966-70; Vice Chairman, 1969; Chairman, 1970
Central States Speech Association, 1964-71; Member, Advisory Committee, 1965-66
Southern Speech Communication Association: 1969-present Vice Chair, Communication Theory Interest Group, 1974-75; Chair, 1975-1976; Constitution Committee, 1983-1987; Chair, 1986-1987
Georgia Speech Communication Association; Editor, Georgia Speech
Communication Journal, 1974-77; Exec. Sec./Treasurer, 1983-91
American Institute of Parliamentarians
Workshop Library on World Humor
International Society for Humor Studies (Charter Member)
Consulting Editor, Humor: Int. J. of Humor Studies

Southern Illinois University

1. Graduate Assistant in Speech Department, 1955-56. Assistant Debate Coach for Dr. Walter Murrish and teacher, beginning speech courses.
2. Research Assistant (Summer, 1963) and Research Associate (Summer, 1964), with Experimental Freshman Year Project.

Webster Groves, Missouri, High School

1. Teacher of Speech and Dramatics, 1956-57
2. Teacher, adult education course in speech and discussion.

St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York

1. Instructor, 1957-1960, Assistant Professor, 1960-64.
   Taught beginning speech, Public Speaking, Persuasion, Argumentation and Debate, Discussion and Group Thinking, and Parliamentary Procedure. On leave, 1961-62.
2. Advisor to the University's Debate Society and local chapter of Sigma Pi, Social Fraternity.
3. Served on faculty committees for: Concerts and Lectures; Radio-TV; Fraternities and Sororities; Examinations.
4. Head Resident, Hulett Hall Dormitory, 1958-59.
5. Member, Potsdam Community Theatre, 1957-64. Best Actor, 1957-58.

The University of Nebraska

1. Assistant Professor, 1964-66, Associate Professor, 1966-69.
   Directed the multi-section course in Business and Professional Speaking; Taught Public Speaking and seminars in nature of oral language and quantitative tools and techniques for communication research on graduate level.
2. Directed and co-directed eleven M.A. theses; was advising four Ph.D. candidates at resignation, 1969. Served on three
   doctoral committees in other departments.
3. Elected voting member of the Graduate Faculty, Spring, 1966.
4. Special Assistant to the Chairman for Graduate Matters, member, departmental Graduate Committee, 1965-69.
   
5. Recipient of seven research grants from the University ResearchCouncil totaling over eight hundred dollars.
   
   

The University of Georgia

1. Associate Professor, 1969-74, Professor, 1974-97, Teaching Speech 108 (basic speech communication course), and teaching Psychology of Speech, Empirical Research Methods in Interpersonal Communication, Oral Decision Making, Seminar in the Nature of Oral Language, Persuasion, Interpersonal Communication, Seminar in Humor as Communication. Teach Persuasion and Oral Decision Making through Independent Study.
   Professor Emeritus, 1997--
2. Undergraduate Advisor, 74-75. Graduate Coordinator, 1974-83.
3. General Sandy Beaver Teaching Professor, 1994-97.
4. Member, Graduate Faculty, Honors Faculty, 1969--
5. Member, departmental committees: Executive; Graduate Studies; Personnel; Teaching Evaluation (Chairman).
6. Member, Arts and Sciences Advisory Committee, 1971-73. Chairman, subcommittee for agenda, 1971-73. Member, A & S Executive Committee, 1972-73.
7. Director of M.A. theses, serve on other M.A., Ph. D. committees.
8. Arts and Sciences promotions review committee 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, chairman 1974. University-wide promotions review committee 75-76, 76-77, 78-79, chairman 75-76, 76-77.
9. Editor, Georgia Speech Communication Journal, 1975-77.
10. Associate Editor, Southern Speech Communication Journal, 1975-77.
11. Member, Committee to Search for and Screen Candidates for Dean of Henry W. Grady School of Journalism, 1975-76.
12. Arts and Sciences Academic Advisor, 1974-79.
13. Guest Reviewer, Journal of Broadcasting, December, 1978.
14. Member, committee to review Botany graduate program, 1979.
15. Member, A & S self-study committee for Physical Resources, 1979.

Miscellaneous Professional Activities

1. Reviewer/referee for state, regional, national, and international journals for manuscripts dealing with wit/humor as communication, CRG specialty.
2. Research Assistant working on Air Force sponsored project on readability and psycholinguistics directed by Franklin H. Knower, Ohio State University, 1961-62.
3. Guest lecturer (via telephone) over closed-circuit television to all beginning speech students, University of Montana, Fall, 1968.
   
4. Brief consulting periods as teacher and/or researcher for several groups, including National Investors Life Insurance Company, Nebraska Cosmetology Association, Allyn and Bacon, Inc., Georgia Cosmetology Institute, Georgia Banking Institute, Georgia Planning Bureau, "Clown College" of the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus, Illinois Funeral Directors Association, Credit Union National Association, Georgia Association of Municipal Clerks, Georgia County Municipal Association.
5. Associate Editor, Bibliography in Experimental Studies in Oral Communication, a special annual issue of The North Carolina Journal of Speech, 1969-72.
   
6. Member, Selection Committee, for program "Contributed Papers on Undergraduate Speech Instruction," Speech Communication Association convention, December, 1969.
7. Member, Selection Committee, for program "Reorienting Undergraduate Speech Instruction to Cultural Needs," Speech Communication Association convention, December, 1968.
8. Member, Selection Committee, for program "Debut in Speech Education," Southern Speech Communication Association convention, April, 1973.
9. Chairman for several sectional programs at national and regional speech association conventions.
10. Teach parliamentary procedure in leadership workshops for Student Activities.
11. Taught public speaking regularly in Georgia Banking School, 1974-82.
12. Taught parliamentary procedure yearly in Southeastern Regional Credit Union School, 1975-1986.
13. Parliamentarian, UGA University Council, 1978--.
14. Guest Lecturer, Georgia State University Honors Colloquium, Summer, 1981.
15. Hired parliamentarian, annual meeting of Credit Union National Association, Atlanta, 1975 and 1985.
16. Conducted numerous workshops on parliamentary procedure for various civic and governmental associations.

PUBLICATIONS

Monographs, Chapters

Charles R. Gruner, "Biographical and Attitudinal Information," Chapter V of A Two-Year Report on the Experimental Freshman Year Program, Robert J. Kibler, Editor, Southern Illinois University, 1964, 449 pp.

Charles R. Gruner, "Wit and Humour in Mass Communication," Chapter 13 in Humour and Laughter: Theory, Research, and Applications, Tony Chapman and Hugh Foot, Eds. (London: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., 1976).

Books

Charles R. Gruner, Cal M. Logue, Dwight L. Freshley, and Richard C. Huseman, Speech Communication in Society (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, inc., 1972). Second Edition, 1977. Teacher's Manual to accompany.

Charles R. Gruner, Understanding Laughter: The Workings of Wit and Humor (Chicago: The Nelson-Hall Co., 1978). Winner of the Speech Communication Association's $1000 Golden Anniversary Fund Award for Best Book by an SCA member in 1978.

Cal M. Logue, Charles R. Gruner, Dwight L. Freshley, and Richard C. Huseman, Speaking: Back to Fundamentals (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 1976). Second Ed. 1979, 3rd Ed. 1982, 4th Ed. 1992 (Re-titled . Briefly Speaking). Teacher's Manual to accompany.

Charles R. Gruner, Plain Public Speaking (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1983). Teacher's Manual to accompany.

Charles R. Gruner, Essentials of Public Speaking (San Diego: Collegi Press, 1993). Teacher's Manual to accompany.

Charles R. Gruner, The Game of Humor: A Comprehensive Theory of Why We Laugh (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1997).

Articles

Charles R. Gruner and Robert J. Kibler, "Research Report #46: A Note on Maximizing the Returns of a Mail Questionnaire," Central States Speech Journal, 15 (August, 1964), 190-3.

Charles R. Gruner, "A Further Note on Speech Fright," The Speech Teacher, 13 (September, 1964), 223-4.

Charles R. Gruner, "An Experimental Study of Satire as Persuasion," Speech Monographs, 32 (June, 1965), 149-54.

Charles R. Gruner, "Is Wit to Humor What Rhetoric Is to Poetic?" Central States Speech Journal, 16 (February, 1965), 17-22.

Robert J. Kibler, Charles R. Gruner, David T. Miles, Jean Schanen, and Michael L. Bartlett, "Two Year Findings from Two Experimental Freshman College Programs for High School Low Achievers," Illinois Guidance and Personnel Association Newsletter, Summer, 1965, 25-35.

Gordon L. Thomas, John H. Thurber, and Charles R. Gruner, "Effects of Previous Speech Training on Achievement in the College Course in Public Speaking," The Speech Teacher, 14 (November, 1965), 327-30.

Charles R. Gruner, "A Further Experimental Study of Satire as Persuasion," Speech Monographs, 33 (June, 1966) 184-85.

Charles R. Gruner, "Research Report #84: Semantic Differential and Thurstone Measures of Attitude Toward Censorship," Central States Speech Journal, 17 (August, 1966), 179- 80.

James W. Gibson, Charles R. Gruner, Robert J. Kibler, and Francis J. Kelly, "A Quantitative Examination of Differences and Similarities in Written and Spoken Messages," Speech Monographs, 33 (November, 1966), 441-51.

Charles R. Gruner and Robert J. Kibler, "Research Report #90:" Some Observations on Assessing Attitudes Indirectly," Central States Speech Journal, 18 (February, 1967), 52-54.

Charles R. Gruner, Robert J. Kibler, and James W. Gibson, "A Quantitative Analysis of Selected Characteristics of Oral and Written Vocabularies," The Journal of Communication, 17 (June, 1967), 152-58.

Charles R. Gruner, "The Effect of Humor on Speaker Ethos and Audience Information Gain," The Journal of Communication, 17 (September, 1967), 228-33.

Steven Guy Warland, Maxine Trauernicht, and Charles R. Gruner, "An Experimental Study of the Impact Upon Response to Oral Interpretation of the Visible Aspects of Face-to-Face Communication," Southern Speech Journal, 32 (Summer, 1967), 289-95.

Charles R. Gruner, "An Experimental Study of Editorial Satire as Persuasion," Journalism Quarterly, 44 (Winter, 1967), 727-30.

Charles R. Gruner, Marsha W. Gruner, and Donald O. Olson, "Is Classroom Evaluation Related to Actual Effectiveness of Classroom Speeches?" Southern Speech Journal, 24 (Fall, 1968), 36-46.

Charles R. Gruner, "Behavioral Objectives Expected by Speech Teachers for the Grading of Classroom Speeches," The Speech Teacher, 17 (September, 1968), 207-09. Also: reproduced in George L. Lewis, Russell I. Everett, James W. Gibson, and Kathryn T. Schoen, Teaching Speech (Columbus, Ohio: E. Merrill Co., 1969).

Robert J. Kibler, Francis Kelly, James W. Gibson, and Charles R. Gruner, "Predicting Speech Grades from Selected Spoken Language Variables," Southern Speech Journal, 34 (Winter, 1968) 94-99.

Thomas H. Willett and Charles R. Gruner, "A Quantitative Analysis of First Affirmative Rebuttal Speeches from `Winning' and `Losing' Debates," The Speaker and Gavel, 6 (November, 1968), 16-20.

Gary F. Pokorny and Charles R. Gruner, "An Experimental Study of the Effect of Satire Used as Support in a Persuasive Speech," Western Speech, 33 (Summer, 1969), 204-11.

James I. Luck and Charles R. Gruner, "Another Note on Political Candidate Preference and Authoritarianism," Psychological Reports, 26 (April 1970), 594.

James W. Gibson, Charles R. Gruner, William D. Brooks, and Charles R. Petrie, Jr., "The First Course in Speech: A Survey of Colleges and Universities," The Speech Teacher, 19 (January, 1970), 13-20.

Charles R. Gruner, "The Effect on Speaker Ethos and Audience Information Gain of Humor in Dull and Interesting Speeches," Central States Speech Journal, 21 (Fall, 1970), 160-66.

James I. Luck and Charles R. Gruner, "Note on Authoritarianism and Critical Thinking Ability," Psychological Reports, 26 (1970), 380.

Charles R. Gruner, "The Persuasive Effectiveness of Ad Hominem Satire," Journalism Quarterly, 48 (Spring, 1971), 128-31.

Charles R. Gruner, Richard C. Huseman, and James I. Luck, "Debating Ability, Critical Thinking Ability and Authoritarianism," Speaker and Gavel, 8 (March, 1971), 63-65.

Charles R. Gruner, "Student Evaluations of Speech Courses and Teaching," The Speech Teacher, 21 (March, 1972), 145-46.

Richard C. Huseman, Glen D. Ware, and Charles R. Gruner, "Debate Ability, Critical Thinking Ability, Reflective Thinking Ability, and Ability to Organize Ideas," Journal of American Forensics Association, 9 (Summer, 1972), 261-65.

Charles R. Gruner, "An Annotated Bibliography of Empirical Studies of Laughter-Provoking Stimuli as Communication," ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills. Accession No.: ED 074 533.

Charles R. Gruner, and William E. Lampton, "Effects of Including Humorous Material in a Persuasive Sermon," Southern Speech Communication Journal, 38 (Winter, 1972), 188-96.

Charles R. Gruner, "A Library Research Assignment," The Speech Teacher, 22 (March, 1973), 158-59.

James W. Gibson, John A. Kline, and Charles R. Gruner, "A Re-examination of the First Course in Speech at U. S. Colleges and Universities," The Speech Teacher, 23 (September, 1974), 206-214. Reprinted in Bulletin of the Association of Departments and Administration in Speech Communication, #11, January, 1975, pp. 15-21.

Charles R. Gruner, "Intelligence: A Factor in the Under- standing and Appreciation of Editorial Satire," ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Accession No.: ED 162 367.

James W. Gibson, Charles R. Gruner, Michael Hanna, Mary-Jeanette Smyth, and Michael Hayes, "The Basic Course in Speech at U.S. Colleges and Universities: III," Communication Education, 29 (January, 1980), 1-9.

Mei-Jung Chang and Charles R. Gruner, "Audience Reaction to Self-Disparaging Humor," Southern Speech Communication Journal, 46 (Summer, 1981), 419-426.

William C. Munn and Charles R. Gruner, "'Sick' Jokes, Speaker Sex, and Informative Speech," Southern Speech Communication Journal, 46 (Summer, 1981), 411-418.

Charles R. Gruner, "Dogmatism, Intelligence, and the Understanding/Appreciation of Editorial Satire," ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills. Accession No.: 178 981.

Charles R. Gruner, "Speaker Ethos, Self-Disparaging Humor, and Perceived 'Sense of Humor'", ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills. Accession No.: ED 220-879. Also abstracted in Proceedings: Third International Conference on Humor, edited by Lawrence E. Mintz, University of Maryland..

Charles R. Gruner, "Advice to the Beginning Speaker on Using Humor---What the Research Tells Us." Communication Education, 34 (April, 1985), 140-4.

Charles R. Gruner, "Proxy Voting in the Deliberative Assembly," Parliamentary Journal, 36 (July, 1985), 117-19.

Charles R. Gruner, "Note on Editorial Satire and Persuasion," Psychological Reports, 60 (1987), 884-6.

Charles R. Gruner, "Why Johnny Can't Operationalize: A Question of Nailing Down Meanings," ETC: A Review of General Semantics (Quarterly Journal of the International Society for General Semantics), 44 (Summer, 1987), 155-9.

Charles R. Gruner, "Satire as a Reinforcer of Attitudes," ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills. Accession No.: (pending).

Charles R. Gruner, "Self- and Other-Disparaging Wit/Humor and Speaker Ethos: Three Experiments," ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills. Accession No.: ED 282 275.

Charles R. Gruner, "Verse Vs. Non-Verse: A Research Note," Psychological Reports, 61 (1987), 496-8.

Charles R. Gruner, "Prior Attitude and Understanding of Editorial Satire," Psychological Reports, 63 1988), 54.

Charles R. Gruner, "Snappy Sources Shape Spicy Speeches," The Toastmaster (publication of Toastmasters International, Inc.), 55 (January, 1989), 19-20.

Charles R. Gruner, "Prior Attitude and Perception of Satirical Theses," Perceptual and Motor Skills, 67 (1988), 677-678.

Rita Gayle Shirley and Charles R. Gruner, "Self-Perceived Cynicism, Sex, and Reaction to Gender-Related Satire," Perceptual and Motor Skills, 69 (1989), 1048-1050.

Charles R. Gruner, "A Quasiexperimental Study of the Effect of Humor Preference and Other Variables on 'Understanding/Appreciation of Editorial Satire,'" Psychological Reports, 65 (1989), 967-970.

Charles R. Gruner, "Audience Reaction to 'Successful' and 'Unsuccessful' Humor in Informative Speech," ERIC Clearinghouse, Accession No. ED 313 726.

Charles R. Gruner, "'Humor Style' and Understanding of Editorial Satire," Perceptual and Motor Skills, 71 (1990), 1-2.

Charles R. Gruner, "Euphemism in Advertising: Does it Work? A Test,"ETC.: A Review of General Semantics (Journal of the International Society for General Semantics), 47 (Winter, 1990-1), 372-5.

Charles R. Gruner, Lara J. Travillion, and Deborah E. Schaefer, "Testing the Effectiveness of Doublespeak," ETC.: A Review of General Semantics (Journal of the International Society for General Semantics), 48 (Summer, 1991), 153-160.

Charles R. Gruner, Marsha W. Gruner, and Lara J. Travillion, "Another Quasi- Experimental Study of Understanding/Appreciation of Editorial Satire," Psychological Reports, 69 (1991), 731-4.

Charles R. Gruner and Virgie Nobles Harris, "Understanding/Appreciation of Editorial Satire: Partial Replication," Psychological Reports, 70 (1992), 850.

Charles R. Gruner, "Comments on and a Public Speaking Text in E-Prime," ETC.: A Review of General Semantics (Journal of the International Society for General Semantics), 50, (Fall, 1993), 336-342.

Charles R. Gruner, "Audience's Response to Jokes in Speeches with and Without Recorded Laughs, Psychological Reports, 73 (1993), 347-350.

Charles R. Gruner, "Parliamentary Procedure as the Major Part of a Course in Problem- Solving," Parliamentary Journal, 35 (January, 1994), 31-34.

Charles R. Gruner, Laura J. Pelletier, & Melanie A. Williams, "Evaluative Responses to Jokes in Informative Speech With and Without Laughter by an Audience: A Partial Replication," Psychological Reports, 74, 1994, 446.

Charles R. Gruner and M. Rachel Tighe, "Semantic Differential Measurements of Connotations of Verbal Terms and Their Doublespeak Facsimiles in Sentence Context," Psychological Reports, 77, (1995), 778.

Charles R. Gruner, "Appreciation and Understanding of Satire: Another Quasi- Experiment," Psychological Reports, 78, 1996, 195.

Charles R. Gruner, "The Teaching/Research Symbiosis: A Two-Way Street," ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication, APR 95, ED 384--86.

Charles R. Gruner, "Satire as Persuasion." ERIC Document ED 395 321, microfische.

Book Reviews:

Virgil L. Baker and Ralph T. Eubanks, Speech in Personal and Public Affairs (New York: David McKay, 1965), in Quarterly Journal of Speech, 52 (April 1967), 206-7.

Howard H. Martin and Kenneth E. Anderson, Speech Communication: Analysis and Readings(Boston: Allyn and Bacon, Inc.), in The Speech Teacher, 17. (November, 1968(, 343-4.

Kenneth K. Sereno and C. David Mortensen, Foundations of Communication Theory (New York: Harper and Row) in The Speech Teacher, 20 (March, 1972), 154-5.

Robert J. Kibler, Larry L. Barker, and David T. Miles, Behavioral Objectives and Instruction (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 1970), in Southern Speech Communication Journal, 37 (Summer, 1972), 451-2.

Remi P. Fausti and Edward McGlone, Understanding Oral Communication (Menlo Park, CA: Cummings Publishing Co., 1972), and Edward L. McGlone and Remi P. Fausti, Introductory Readings in Oral Communication (same), in Southern Speech Communication Journal, 39 (Summer, 1974), 410-2.

Convention Papers, Presentations

John H. Thurber and Charles R. Gruner, "The Impact of Listening Skill and Organizational Skill of a course in Speech Fundamentals," Ditto, Paper Delivered at the Central States Speech Association Conference, April 15, 1966, Chicago.

Marsha W. Gruner and Charles R. Gruner, "Do Grades Awarded Classroom Speeches Indicate the Effectiveness of Impact Upon Audiences?" Mimeo, Paper Presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, December 28, 1966, Chicago.

Charles R. Gruner, "Behavioral Objectives Expected by Speech Teachers as Criteria for Grading of Speeches," Mimeo, Paper, Speech Association of America (now SCA) Convention, December 28,1967, Los Angeles.

Charles R. Gruner, "The General Semantics of Humor," Ditto, Paper Delivered at the International Conference on General Semantics, August 5, 1968, Denver.

Charles R. Gruner, "An Experimental Study of Humor In 'Dull' and 'Interesting Speeches to Inform," Mimeo, Paper presented at the Southern Speech Communication Association convention, April, 1970, Winston-Salem.

Charles R. Gruner, "Prospectus for a Speech Communication Experimental Laboratory," Paper Presented at the Southern Speech Communication Association convention, April, 1970, Winston-Salem.

Charles R. Gruner, "An Experimental Study of Ad Hominem Editorial Satire: Art Hoppe Vs. Martha Mitchell," Paper presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, December 29, 1971, San Francisco.

Charles R. Gruner, "Student Evaluation of Speech Teachers and Speech Courses," Paper Presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, December 30, 1971, San Francisco.

Charles R. Gruner, "Art Hoppe Vs. Capital Punishment," Paper Presented at the Southern Speech Communication Association Convention, April, 1972, San Antonio.

Charles R. Gruner, "Satire as a Reinforcer of Attitudes," Paper Presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, December 28, 1972, Chicago. ED 386 751.

Charles R. Gruner, "An Interim Report on Trends in Course Content in the Basic Speech Communication Course," Paper Presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, November, 1973, New York.

Charles R. Gruner, "Dogmatism: A Factor in the Understanding and Appreciation of Editorial Satire?" Paper Presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, December, 1974, Chicago.

Charles R. Gruner, "Teaching Selective Perception as it Relates to Communication: A Slide Show to Entertain as it Educates," Program Presentation Made at the Southern Speech Communication Association Convention, April, 1975, Tallahassee, Florida. Presented, also, at the Instructional Development Division's "Latest Developments" Program at the Speech Communication Association Convention, December 30, 1974, Chicago.
Also presented at the APA convention August 12, 1990, Boston.

Charles R. Gruner, "A Critique of Three Competitive Empirical Papers for ICD," Critique Delivered at the International Communication Association Convention, April 25, 1975, Chicago.

Charles R. Gruner, "Using Humor in Humanistic Education," Double Presentation Made at the Third Annual National Conference on Humanistic Education, April 25, 1975, Carrollton, Georgia.

Charles R. Gruner, "Position Paper on the Future of Communication Theory," Paper Presented at the Southern Speech Communication Association Convention, April 6, 1977, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Charles R. Gruner, "Selective Perception in Speech Communication," Double Presentation Made at the Fall Meeting of the Georgia Speech Communication Association, September 29 and 30, 1978, Atlanta, Georgia.

Charles R. Gruner, "Intelligence and the Understanding and Appreciation of Editorial Satire," Dimension Series Paper Presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, November 3, 1978, Minneapolis, ERIC Accession #: ED 162 367.

Marsha W. Gruner and Charles R. Gruner, "Recorded Radio Broadcast Material as Lecture Illustrative Material," Paper Presented at the Southern Speech Communication Association Convention, April 20, 1979, Biloxi.

Charles R. Gruner, "Communication Conventions: A Nonverbal View," Multimedia Presentation, Southern Speech Communication Association Convention, April 13, 1979, Biloxi. Charles R. Gruner, chairman of, and the participant in, "Instructional Methods and Materials for the Basic (Parliamentary Law) Course," a symposium for the meeting of Region 5, American Institute of Parliamentarians, May 5, 1979, Atlanta.

Charles R. Gruner, "Dogmatism, Intelligence, and the Understanding/ Appreciation of Satire," Paper Presented at the Second International Conference on Humor, August, 1979, Los Angeles. ERIC Accession No.: ED 178 981. Abstract in Harvey Mindness and Joy Turek, Eds., The Study of Humor (Los Angeles: Antioch University, no date).

Charles R. Gruner and Dwight L. Freshley, "Retention of Lecture Items Reinforced with Humorous and Non-Humorous Exemplary Material," Paper Presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, November 14, 1980, New York, ERIC Accession No.: ED 193 725.

Charles R. Gruner, "Affirmative: that the SCA should abandon its convention boycott of states that have not ratified the ERA," "Kick-off" speech of "SCA Town Hall: The ERA Boycott," SCA Convention, November 13, 1980, New York.

Mei-Jung Chang and Charles R. Gruner, "Audience Reaction to Professional Self-Disparagement Humor in Information Discourse," Paper Presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, November 14, 1980, New York.

Charles R. Gruner, and Marsha W. Gruner, "Teaching Speaking Via Film," Presentation made at the Georgia Speech Communication Association's annual meeting, February 20, 1982, Macon.

Charles R. Gruner and Marsha W. Gruner, "Innovative Teaching in Speech Communication," symposium conducted at the Georgia Speech Communication Association's annual meeting February 20, 1982.

Charles R. Gruner, "Sense of Humor, Humorous Self-Disparagement, and Ethos," paper presented at the Southern Speech Communication's annual convention April 8, 1982, Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Charles R. Gruner, "Speaker Ethos, Self-disparaging Humor, and Perceived 'Sense of Humor,'" Paper presented at The Third International Conference on Humor, Washington, D.C., August 29, 1982.

Charles R. Gruner, "Self- and Other-Disparaging Wit/Humor and Speaker Ethos: Three Experiments," Paper distributed at the Fourth International Congress on Humor, Tel Aviv, June, 1984.

Charles R. Gruner, "Harry J. C. Graham: His Life and Works," Paper presented at the annual convention of the Southern Speech Communication Association, Winston-Salem, April, 1985.

Charles R. Gruner, "The Light Verse of Harry Graham," Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Humor, Cork, Ireland, June, 1985.

Charles R. Gruner, "The Bean Jar," teaching demonstration at The Southern Speech Communication Association's annual convention, April, 1986, Houston.
Charles R. Gruner, "Verse Vs. Nonverse: A Research Note," paper presented at the Southern Speech Communication Association's annual convention, April, 1986, Houston.

Charles R. Gruner, "More on Satire as Persuasion," Keynote Paper Presented at the Sixth International Conference on Humor, Part I, Tempe, AZ, April 3, 1987.

Charles R. Gruner, "Prior Attitudes' Effect on Understanding of Satire," Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference (WHIM) on Humor, Part II, West Lafayette, Indiana, April, 1988.

Charles R. Gruner, "Teaching Selective Perception Through Humor," Presentation made at the Sixth International Conference (WHIM) on Humor, Part II, West Lafayette, Indiana, April, 1988.

Charles R. Gruner, "Skepticism From a Quiz," Presentation as part of "Teaching Tools, Tips, and Tidbits for the Classroom," program at Southern Speech Communication Association annual convention, Memphis, April, 1988.

Rita Gayle Shirley and Charles R. Gruner, "Male/Female Reactions to Gender-Related Satire," Paper Presented on Program at Annual Convention of the Southern Speech Communication Association, April, 1988, Memphis.

Charles R. Gruner, "Measured Cynicism and Understanding of Editorial Satire," Paper Presented at the Seventh International Conference on Humor, Laie, Hawaii, April, 1989. Air fare provided by UGA Research Foundation.

Charles R. Gruner, "Audience Reaction to 'Successful' and 'Unsuccessful' Humor in an Informative Speech," Paper Presented at the Annual Convention of the Speech Communication Association, November, 1989, San Francisco.

Charles R. Gruner, "Self-perceived Humor Style and Understanding/ Appreciation of Editorial Satire," Paper Presented at the Eighth International Conference on Humor, Sheffield, England, August 4, 1990.
Air fare provided by UGA Research Council.

Charles R. Gruner, "'Successful' and 'Unsuccessful' Humor in Informative Discourse," Paper, Ninth International Conference on Humor, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, June 28, 1991.

Marsha W. Gruner and Charles R. Gruner, "Gender, Argumentativeness, and Response to Editorial Satire," Paper, Ninth International Conference on Humor, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, June 29, 1991.

Charles R. Gruner, "On the Impossibility of Having a Taxonomy of Humor," Symposia Presentation, Ninth International Conference on Humor, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, June 28, 1991.

Charles R. Gruner, "Reproduction d'une etude partielle des facteurs concernant la comprehension et l'appreciation de la satire editoriale (A Partial Replication Study of Factors Involved in the Understand-ing/Appreciation of Editorial Satire)," Paper, 10th International Conference on Humor, Paris, France, July 9, 1992.

Charles R. Gruner, "Satire as Persuasion," Paper (summary of research in the field), SCA's "Seminar on Humor and Communication," Speech Communication Association, Chicago, October 28, 1992.

Charles R. Gruner, M. Rachel Tighe, and Paul C. Hoffman, "'Meanings' in Words and Their Doublespeak Facsimiles in Sentences," Paper Presented at the Southern States Communication Association convention, Norfolk, VA, April 8, 1994.

Marsha W. Gruner and Charles R. Gruner, "Two Dimensions of Sense of Humor and Understanding of Satire," Paper, International Society for Humor Studies Conference, June, 1994, Ithaca, NY.

Charles R. Gruner, "The Mirage of 'Innocent' Humor," Paper, International Society for Humor Studies Conference, June, 1994, Ithaca, NY.

Charles R. Gruner, "Cartoons and 'Tendency' Humor," Paper, SCA Convention Seminar on "Cartoons and Communication," Speech Communication Association Convention, November 18, 1994, New Orleans.

Charles R. Gruner, "The Teaching/Research Symbiosis: A Two-Way Street," Paper, Southern States Communication Association Convention, April 5-9, 1995, New Orleans.

Charles R. Gruner, "The Pun: 'First' and 'Second' Degree," Paper, 13th International Society for Humor Studies, Birmingham, England, July 31, 1995.

Charles R. Gruner, "Knowledge of Subject Matter and Response to Editorial Satire," Paper, Pacific and Asian Communication Society, Honolulu, HA, January, 1997.

Charles R. Gruner, "Funniest in the Field: A Spotlight Panel in Honor of Charles Gruner," Southern States Communication Association Annual Conference, Savannah, GA., April, 1997.

Charles R. Gruner, "Thwarting Student Arguments Over Speaking Grades," paper presented at the Georgia Communication Association's annual meeting, Athens, February, 2001.

Other

Designated a "Top Published Author" in the field. See "Top Published Authors in Communication Studies, 1915-1985," Association for Communication Administration Newsletter, January, 1989. Tied in rank for 37th of the 88 ranked (out of the thousands not ranked).

Also

Designated as among the top 3% of active communication researchers in publication output by D. W. Stacks, co-author of "Active Prolific Scholars in Communication Studies: Analysis of Research Productivity," Communication Education, 42, 224-233.